Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-14
was tabled on motion of Mr.. Barker Of Ban

gor.
Bill an act to amend section 26 chapter 40
revised statutes, relating to fish-weirs, came
up for a first reading.
Mr.. Foster of Lubec moved that the bill
be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Small of Steubep moved that the bill
lie on the table.
The motion to lie on the table was lost.
The bill was then indefinitely postponed.
Bill an act to amend sec. 2,chap. 334 pub
lie laws of 1885, and secs. 60 and chap D,
revised statutes, relating to dsh-weirs, came
up for first reading.
The bill was indefinitely postponed, on
motion of Mr.. Barker of Bangor.
Bill an act to abolish Imprisonment for
debt except in cases of fraud, came up for
first reading and was read twice.
On motion of Mr. Dickey, the rules were
suspended, the bill read the third time and
passed to be engrossed
Bill an act to abolish the attachment OF
wages BY trustee process came up for nrst
reading and was read twice.
This bill was then tabled, and Tuesday
next assigned for its consideration, on motion
of Mr.. Corson of New Sharon.
Bill an act authorizing towns to hold
money for cemetery purposes came up TOR
first reading and was read twice.
The bill was then tabled, on motion of Mr..
Roberts of Brunswick.
Resolve concerning an amendment to the
constitution of the State of Maine, so as to
give to women the right of elective franchise,
came up on its passage to be enacted.
Mr.. Powers called for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Dawson of Greenvile moved to lay
the resolve on the table and assign Wednes-
dav for its consideration.
Mr. RYDER moved to amend by assigning
Tuesday.
Mr. Clark of Bangor moved to indefinitely
postpone the resolve.
Mr.. Hersev of Harpswell inquired of the
chair whether it would require two-thrds of
the whole House to pass this resolve or two
thirds of the members present.
The speaker ruled that a quorum con-
stituted the House and if quorum was
present and two-thirds of that quorum voted
to submit the resolve he would rule that the
resolve be passed to be enacted.
Mr. Clark of Bangor withdrew his motion
to indefinitely postpone.
The amendment, and the original motion,
to lay on the table were defeated on viva
vOce vote.
The resolve then failed of passage by the
vote:
YEA-Messrs. Alden, Alexander. Barker, Beal,
Billings. Bowker. Bradsh, Bradley. Burns Chase OF
Dckey. Enge, Field Floyd, Foster, Friend. Glover,
Hail. Hayden. Hunter, Jones. Libby of Mattawam-
keag, Lombard, Looney, Luikin, Lyons; Marble
Parcher, Pray, Purinton of Bowdoinham, Roberts of
Dexter Russell sanborn of Standsh, Ssby Small,
Vaughan, Walton, Wedgewood. Weymouth Whit
NAY-Messrs Adams. Aver, Bennett, Boynton.
Brown, Carleton, Chase of Damari-cotta. Clark of
Bangor Clark Of Calais, Clark of Caribou. Cloutier.
Doten. Farrar, Harper. Harrington, Hawkes.. Head,
Hersey, Horigan. Jewett, Judkins, Kingsbury, Lev.
ensaer, Litlefeld of Prospect, Manley, Morrill,,
O'Brien, Pattangall, Powers, Purinton of Bowdoin,
Randall Ray, Roberts of Brunswick, Ryder, Sanborn
OF Island Falls Sawyer, Seaman, scott, Sharp, War
rem of Winslew, Wiggin, Wilson, Wright, York.-4
ABsENT-Messrs Allen, Bishop, BRYANT, Clark of
saco. Cook. Cats. pority, Dow, Eels, Ferguson,
FOgg Gagnon, Clifford. Greene, Greer, Grindle II am
ilton of Cumberland, Hamilton of Goudsboro Hard
Ing of Durham, Harding Of Gorham. HobsGn, Hodg;
Burnham, Mallett MarstOn, Moore OF Deering, Neal.
ley. Noble. Peirce, Poole, Reynolds, Richards, Rick
Boss sh~ Smith sRnpps SS1g
ton, Watts. Waugh, Wentworth, Whitcomb, Wiswell.
Woodman. -54
Bill An act relating to reports Of the Secre-
tary OF the Board of Agriculture, House doc
ument al, was then taken from the table on
motion of Mr.. Wright of Paris.
Mr.. Wright moved to amend by striking
out tho word ''twenty" and inserting in its
place the word twelve" in the tenth line.
Mr.. Wright thought twenty thousand cop
les of these reports were entirely unnecessary.
Heretofore 10000 had been printed for dis
trbution, half covered in cloth and the others
in pamphlet form Now they want 90, 900 all
bound in cloth. He thought an increase of
2 900 was sufficient, as we had not heard
any great complaint of there being a lack of
them. If in two years more were needed we
could have them.
Mr.. Billings of Brownvlle said that the
time was when the farmers did not care any
thing about these books but now they want
ed them, and they wanted the covered books !;
they did not care for the ones that were not
covered. He thought that $4,000 would be
nearer the demand than than 1900.
Mr. Dckey was in favor of having Is 900.
The trouble in the past was that these books
had not been distributed equally; now they
intended to distribute them well.
Mr., Adams of Litchield was amused at the
remarks of his friend from Brownville about
the covered and uncovered books. He
thought as much of an uncovered valuable
book as he would if it was covered. The
fact was that these books were not read; he
ventured to assert that three out of four were
never read the farmers did not care anything
about Them
Mr.. Hersey of Harpswell hoped in the in
terest of economy the amendment would pass :;
he believed that - 900 copies were as many
as the farmers of the State would get into
their possession If some means were pro-
vided so that the farmers would get them it
would be another thing. He had occ aston to
go into large loft one day in one of our
cities and he found hundreds and hundreds of
these volumes stored away, apparently never
having been opened
Mr.. Lufkn of Orrington said there was an
increasing demand among the farmers for
these books, but as a general rule he did not
think they understood how to get them. In
his vicinity they were closely read by the
farmers if they could get Them but for the
present he did not think it the part of wis
dom and economy to increase the number
more than 1000.
Mr.. Dawson of Greenville thought the in
crease of 1000 sufficient. but he wanted to
enter his protest against remarks that the
farmer did not care for these books. He
knew a good many farmers that cared more
for this book than for their weekly paper.
The amendment of Mr.. Wright was then
adopted and the bill as amended was passed
to be engrossed.
On motion OF Mr.. Wright, bill an act in
relation to county roads in unincorported